Camera Roll

[stef538]

Hey, I want to know if it is possible to let the camera roll from one point to the other.

[LordOfTheBongs]

set the camera's rotation with a vector3 that you adjust the Y value

 

 

camera.Rotation = new Vector3(camera.Rotation.X, camera.Rotation.Y + yAdjust, camera.Rotation.Z);

[stef538]

that's not doing the trick..

 

I'm sorry if i was a bit vague, i meant something like this

 

From one ped, to the player.

 

(Example)

If i press R then he creates the ped, and i want the camera to roll from the player's position to the ped's position like a smooth camera animation

[julionib]

well, basically you need to move the camera, when you say Roll you give the impression of change the Roll component of the rotation hehe:

define initial pos:

dim iniPos as vector3 = yourCam.position

defines final pos:

dim finPos as vector3 = yourTargetPed.position - yourTargetPed.direction * 2

calculates the direction:

dim tmpDir as vector3 = vector3.normalize(finPos - iniPos)

then move camera until it get close to finPos and change camera direction to keep pointing to the ped:

while (yourCam.position.distanceto(finPos) > 0.5)yourCam.position += tmpDir * 0.1wait(10)yourCam.direction = vector3.normalize(yourTargetPed.position - yourCam.position)end while

this is just a basic idea, need improvement.

 

maybe is possible make the game do it for you using native calls, but i dont know how they do.

[stef538]

well, basically you need to move the camera, when you say Roll you give the impression of change the Roll component of the rotation hehe:

 

define initial pos:

dim iniPos as vector3 = yourCam.position

defines final pos:

dim finPos as vector3 = yourTargetPed.position - yourTargetPed.direction * 2

calculates the direction:

dim tmpDir as vector3 = vector3.normalize(finPos - iniPos)

then move camera until it get close to finPos and change camera direction to keep pointing to the ped:

while (yourCam.position.distanceto(finPos) > 0.5)yourCam.position += tmpDir * 0.1wait(10)yourCam.direction = vector3.normalize(yourTargetPed.position - yourCam.position)end while

this is just a basic idea, need improvement.

 

maybe is possible make the game do it for you using native calls, but i dont know how they do.

 

Well this works thanks!!

But the camera gets under the world. anyway to fix that ?

[julionib]

check if your final position is correct

[stef538]

my final position is right, but the camera spawns like 200 meters away, and it goes from under the world to the ped...

[LordOfTheBongs]

when u say u want the camera to roll that means u want the camera to... "roll"

 

looks like u want the camera to travel from one point to another...

 

just use a tick event to have the travel in the direction of the camera... since the tick is fast and to make movement smoothe, multiply the direction by a number in between 0 - 1

 

here i was bored and wrote u a test script

 

 

namespace CamTravel{    using System;    using System.Windows.Forms;    using GTA;     public class Main : Script    {        private Ped targetPed;        private Camera camera;         public Main()        {            camera = new Camera();             BindKey(Keys.R, delegate            {                if (camera.isActive) return;                 targetPed = World.CreatePed(Game.LocalPlayer.Character.Position.Around(25f));                                camera.Position = Game.LocalPlayer.Character.Position + Vector3.WorldUp * 3f;                camera.LookAt(targetPed);                 Tick += CamTravelTick;                 camera.Activate();            });        }         private void CamTravelTick(object sender, EventArgs e)        {            if (!Game.Exists(targetPed) || camera.Position.DistanceTo(targetPed.Position) < 0.5f)            {                camera.Deactivate();                Tick -= CamTravelTick;                return;            }             camera.Position += camera.Direction * 0.1f;        }    }}

Edited April 2, 2014 by LordOfTheBongs

[julionib]

and dont forget to set the initial camera position, if its coming from underground its because it was there on the beggining of movement

[stef538]

This worked!!! exactly what i was looking for! Thanks!!!!